śambhudhyānavasantasaṅgini hṛdārāme’ghajīrṇacchadāḥsrastā bhaktilatācchaṭā vilasitāḥ puṇyapravālaśritāḥ ;dīpyante guṇakorakā japavacaḥpuṣpāṇi sadvāsanā-jñānānandasudhāmarandalaharī saṃvitphalābhyunnatiḥ . 47 .
ŚLOKA 47 / 100
Spring in the garden of the heart
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02 / PHRASE STUDY · PADĀRTHA
A phrase at a time.
Follow the words into meaning. Select a phrase to locate it in the verse above. Read the quarters together for the full sentence.
Sringeri IAST text · source wording and line-break hyphens retained. English glosses follow the connected Sanskrit sense.
Vignanam text · spellings and hyphens retained. English glosses follow the base Sanskrit; variant readings are not separately translated.
| Selected phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
When meditation on Shambhu brings spring to the garden of the heart, old leaves of wrongdoing fall. | |
The vine of devotion shines with fresh shoots of merit. | |
Buds of good qualities and flowers of repeated sacred utterance glow. | |
Good dispositions yield the nectar of knowledge and joy, and awareness ripens as fruit. |
These four study units follow the printed quarters. Sentences and compounds can continue across a line break; read the whole verse for connected meaning. The source wording stays unchanged.
| Selected phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
When meditation on Shambhu brings spring to the garden of the heart, old leaves of wrongdoing fall. Key expressions in this quarter: dhyāna — meditation; vasanta — spring; hṛdārāma — garden of the heart. | |
The vine of devotion shines with fresh shoots of merit. Key expressions in this quarter: bhaktilatā — vine of devotion. | |
Buds of good qualities and flowers of repeated sacred utterance glow. Key expressions in this quarter: guṇa — good quality; japa — repeated sacred utterance. | |
Good dispositions yield the nectar of knowledge and joy, and awareness ripens as fruit. Key expressions in this quarter: jñānānanda — knowledge and joy; saṃvit — awareness. |
Selected words and compound parts are shown in IAST. This is a contextual vocabulary study, not an exhaustive grammatical analysis. The source phrase follows your selected script. Locate highlights that unchanged phrase; learning forms are not substituted into the verse.
| Word / source phrase | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
meditation | |
spring | |
garden of the heart | |
vine of devotion | |
good quality | |
repeated sacred utterance | |
knowledge and joy | |
awareness |
03 / SIMPLE MEANING
Spring in the garden of the heart
When meditation on Shambhu brings spring to the garden of the heart, old leaves of wrongdoing fall. The vine of devotion shines with fresh shoots of merit. Buds of good qualities and flowers of repeated sacred utterance glow. Good dispositions yield the nectar of knowledge and joy, and awareness ripens as fruit.
04 / DETAILED MEANING
How the verse unfolds.
The seasonal image gives change an organic sequence: old leaves fall, shoots arise, flowers open and fruit matures. Different aspects of practice take their places within that sequence. The image encourages patient cultivation rather than a demand for instant inner perfection.
EDITORIAL EXPLANATION · NOT A TRADITIONAL COMMENTARY
05 / DEEPER CONTEMPLATION
What small sign of growth can I recognize without forcing it to mature?
Read this verse once more, then sit with the question. Notice the particular image or expression that holds your attention. You do not need to force an answer.
Keep a reflection or question ↓06 / THEMES & TATTVA
Connected themes
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Associated Tattva
The heart as a place of worship
Meditation brings spring to the heart’s garden: old leaves fall and devotion, qualities, recitation and awareness grow. Transformation is pictured as cultivation through stages.
Explore this Tattva →07 / PERSONAL REFLECTION
A phrase, a question, a moment of understanding
What small sign of growth can I recognize without forcing it to mature?
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